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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
And there’s always more people who avoid these collisions than people caught in them. It’s not because they’re lucky.
I don’t really care about what you think about my posts or about you watching the trees. It’s pretty simple: if you plow into another vehicle, you were going too fast for conditions.
If conditions suddenly turn that bad, you slow down completely or pull over. How is this more controversial than “whoops nothing you can do but get into an accident in weather like this!” Honestly, come on.
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yeah, Calgary weather changes quickly, but not that quickly
pretty sure it's not hard to spot freezing rain and plummeting temperatures in time to put yourself in a position to avoid smashing into people at a fatal speed. accidents due to conditions aren't like the boogeyman, who sneaks up and gets you if you're unlucky.. that sounds like the excuse of people who are just negligent in poor conditions
winter tires help with stopping distance, but they still don't allow you to stop on a dime if the conditions are poor. treating slick roads like they're bone dry is just leaving it up to fate. but it's not like people have to do it
slower speeds that allow you to stop in time for most things that happen to "jump out" at you. it's not appealing to many, but at least the people who reduced their speed probably aren't dealing with major car repair bills and chalking it up to the accident bug
to put a twist on a quote by Ayn Rand, you can ignore physics, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring physics